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SL massacre Zimbabwe

Sports Reporter
Zimbabwe were nowhere near their impressive first game as they crashed to a 130-run defeat to favourites Sri Lanka in the Grameenphone trination tournament at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.
The bowlers did good job by restricting the formidable Lankans to 210 for six after Prosper Utseya had decided to field first to capitalise on the early morning condition. But it turned into a mismatch when Zimbabwe began their chase and were shot out for 80 runs in 28.2 overs with only
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one batsman, Stuart Matsikenyeri, reaching doubledigits.
Despite the heavy defeat Zimbabwe have a bright chance to reach the final on January 16 at the same venue unless Bangladesh produce a major upset against Sri Lanka in tomorrow's last league match.
Paceman Nu wan Kulasekara and mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis executed the demolition job by evenly sharing six wickets to not only complete the win but also ensure a bonus point after Angelo Mathews slammed his maiden half-century to give his side a fighting total on a tricky pitch.
After Upul Tharanga and Sanath Jayasuriya made a bold start, the innings lost way once the dashing Jayasuriya chased a wide delivery from Elton Chigumbura only to give first slip Hamilton Masakadza a catch over his head to put an end to the impressive 51-run
openingstand.
A fine display from pacer Ed Rainsford, who captured three wickets for 41 runs in 10 overs, saw Sri Lanka tottering at 97 for five but Mathews joined Jehan Mubarak to resurrect the innings with a 69-run sixth wicket stand.
Man-of-the -match Mathews was unbeaten on 52 and he hit one boundary and two sixes in 96-ball essay while Mubarak contributed 31 runs.
Opener Tharanga was the other notable scorer with 43 off 56 balls that featured six boundaries.
In reply, Zimbabwe lost wickets like ninepins against the formidable Sri Lankan attack.
Kulasekara picked up three wickets for 13 runs in 7 overs while Mendis claimed three conceding 15 runs to become die fastest bowler to capture 50 one-day wickets, in 19 matches. He beat Indian pacer Ajit Agarkar's record in 23 games.